On July 10-12, Chicagoans and visitors celebrated Chicago Fetish Weekend at various venues across the city.
The welcome party took place July 10 at the former DS Tequila location at 3352 N. Halsted St., with Figaro and Oslo hosting the event. The 10 contestants drew their numbers to compete for the titles of Midwest Leather and Midwest Rubber the following evening.
On July 11, the actual contest took place at the Greenhouse Theatre at 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. and was hosted by Puma Onyx and Abhijeet. Last year ’s winners, Leatherboy Badu Ngozi and Slick Cummings gave their step-down speeches and passed their titles onto the new winners; Margana Legae won Midwest Leather 2026, while Vero won Midwest Rubber 2026.
